Linkage, strategy, leadership: keys to African science

SciDev.Net editorial:

The need to build S&T capacity in Africa was highlighted last week by two separate meetings. "The first, organised in London by the British and Canadian governments and aid agencies, focused on creating more effective partnerships with Africa's scientific community (for reports and background papers, click here). The second was hosted in Amsterdam by the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences, and sought to explore ways of implementing other conclusions of the report from the IAC, a body set up by more than 90 scientific academies around the world. "